Neal Becker wrote:
> How is it ensured, at the C api level, that when I have an array A, and a view
> of it B, that the data is not destroyed until both A and B are?
>One array, A, owns the data and will deallocate it only when its
reference-count goes to 0. The view, B, has a reference to A (stored
in the base attribute) and has OWNDATA set to false so that its
deallocator simply decreases the reference count on the array, A, that
actually owns the data.
In the code look at
the `array_dealloc` function in arrayobject.c and the base and OWNDATA
flag-bit in the array-structure for details.
-Travis